Specifications

Deco Installation and Operation Manual

4.4.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ............................................................................ 20

4.4.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs ....................................................... 21

5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ....................................... 23

5.1 Stove Maintenance ............................................................................................... 23

5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................... 23

5.1.2 Door adjustment ................................................................................................ 24

5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................... 24

5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .................................................. 25

5.1.5 Cleaning and Painting the Stove ....................................................................... 25

5.2 Chimney and Chimney Connector Maintenance .................................................. 26

5.2.1 Why Chimney Cleaning is Necessary ............................................................... 26

5.2.2 How Often Should You Clean the Chimney? .................................................... 26

5.2.3 Cleaning the Chimney ....................................................................................... 26

PART B - INSTALLATION .................................................................. 27

6 Safety Information ............................................................................. 27

6.1 Summary of Installation Cautions and Warnings .................................................. 27

6.2 Regulations Covering Stove Installation ............................................................... 27

7 Clearances to Combustible Material ............................................... 28

7.1 Location of the certification label .......................................................................... 28

7.2 Clearances to Walls and Ceiling........................................................................... 28

7.3 Floor protector ...................................................................................................... 30

7.4 Reducing Wall and Ceiling Clearances Safely ..................................................... 31

7.4.1 Shield Construction Rules ................................................................................. 31

7.4.2 Table of Clearance Reduction Percentages ...................................................... 32

8 The Venting System ........................................................................... 33

8.1 General ................................................................................................................ 33

8.2 Suitable Chimneys ............................................................................................... 33

8.2.1 Factory-built Metal Chimneys ............................................................................ 33

8.2.2 Masonry Chimneys ........................................................................................... 34

8.3 Minimum Chimney Height .................................................................................... 34

8.4 The Relationship Between the Chimney and the House ...................................... 35

8.4.1 Why inside chimneys are preferred ................................................................... 35

8.4.2 Why the chimney should penetrate the highest heated space .......................... 36

8.5 Supply of Combustion Air ..................................................................................... 36